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Metaphor as a manifestation of prescriptivism: the case of France and Quebec (2023)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O., & Humphries, E. (2023). Metaphor as a manifestation of prescriptivism: the case of France and Quebec. In The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism (427-446). Routledge

This chapter considers prescriptivism in the French language from a comparative perspective, focusing on a particular type of metalinguistic text, namely texts providing “language advice”. It provides a discussion of prescriptivism in general, outlin... Read More about Metaphor as a manifestation of prescriptivism: the case of France and Quebec.

New directions in the history and sociolinguistics of French (2023)
Book Chapter
Carruthers, J., McLaughlin, M., & Walsh, O. (in press). New directions in the history and sociolinguistics of French. In J. Carruthers, M. McLaughlin, & O. Walsh (Eds.), Historical and Sociolinguistic Approaches to French (1-24). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894366.001.0001

Attitudes towards the French language: An analysis of the metalanguage used in twentieth-century French language columns (2023)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O. (in press). Attitudes towards the French language: An analysis of the metalanguage used in twentieth-century French language columns. In J. Carruthers, M. McLaughlin, & O. Walsh (Eds.), Historical and Sociolinguistic Approaches to French (254-271). Oxford University Press (OUP)

Discourse Analysis of Print Media (2022)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O. (2022). Discourse Analysis of Print Media. In Research Methods in Language Attitudes (19-34). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108867788.004

This chapter examines how discourse analysis as applied to print media can be used to examine language attitudes. It outlines the main strengths and limitations of this method. One of the most important strengths lies in the fact that the printed pre... Read More about Discourse Analysis of Print Media.

The Construction of authority in 20th century language columns in France (2021)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O. (2021). The Construction of authority in 20th century language columns in France. In C. Marimon-Llorca, & S. Schwarze (Eds.), Authoritative Discourse in Language Columns: Linguistic, Ideological and Social Issues (67-94). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b18160

This study examines a sample of language columns produced by six different authors in France during three key periods of the 20th century to determine how these authors construct the authority necessary to pronounce on language usage and impose parti... Read More about The Construction of authority in 20th century language columns in France.

Les métaphores dans les chroniques de langage en France et en Suisse (2021)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O., & Cotelli Kureth, S. (2021). Les métaphores dans les chroniques de langage en France et en Suisse. In Les idéologies linguistiques: débats, purismes et stratégies discursives (469-492). Berlin: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers

Cet article est le premier à proposer une étude contrastive de deux traditions de chroniques de langage en francophonie. Nous analysons les types métaphoriques et les différents usages des métaphores dans les chroniques françaises et suisses romandes... Read More about Les métaphores dans les chroniques de langage en France et en Suisse.

Attitudes towards English in France (2015)
Book Chapter
Walsh, O. (2015). Attitudes towards English in France. In . A. Linn, N. Bermel, & G. Ferguson (Eds.), Attitudes towards English in Europe: English in Europe, Volume 1 (27-54). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614515517-003

© 2015 Walter de Gruyter, Inc., Berlin/Boston. It is often claimed that French speakers display a particularly high level of concern about the effect that English has on the French language. The Académie française is seen to be representative of such... Read More about Attitudes towards English in France.